A new contemporary addition, which features poured-in-place reinforced concrete walls, was completed at the historic Mercer Museum in Doylestown, Pa.
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Building the St. Anthony Falls bridge fast, high quality, and safe.
One of the largest airport modernization projects ever undertaken, the O'Hare Modernization Program (OMP) couldn't happen soon enough.
When the Kennebee River Arch Bridge needed replacing, a unique modern design was chosen to replace it.
Pervious concrete has great potential but its widespread adoption has lagged. Partly due to the natural caution of owners, engineers, and contractors to use what they consider an unproven technology, but also due to some failures.
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CC selects five people each year to recognize for helping to make advances in the concrete industry.
Proper mix proportioning and the right materials will result in workable and durable pervious concrete.
Decorative concrete contractors have been working on ways to make pervious pavement more decorative as well as functional. Learning how install durable work remains the first most important step.
For the past couple of years, several concrete associations have marketed pervious concrete as a sustainable product with many benefits.
Highway owners and users are demanding more from roadways and bridges. They want infrastructure to be built quickly, at low cost, with minimal impact on the environment, and with low long-term maintenance.
Pervious concrete pavement has the unique ability to allow water to flow through easily, which results in parking lots that have no runoff from rainfall or snowmelt.
Concrete Construction a closer look at the challenges posed by massive concrete projects and the ways in which industry professionals surmount these obstacles.
A survey of the Oklahoma City section of I-44 proved to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) that it was in desperate need of repair. Their solution: concrete pavement restoration (CPR).
As an environmentally friendly product that provides more than a paved surface to drive or park on, pervious concrete offers a new frontier for concrete contractors
The price tag to upgrade our infrastructure and make it safe is considerable—much more than the war in Iraq is costing. The only way to raise this kind of money is to increase taxes and politicians won't do that until after the next election. So what is likely to happen and what is the role that...
We Americans love our pavement. We drive 3 trillion miles a year on more than 4 million miles of U.S. roadways. Clearly we're a nation on the go and we expect our roads, streets, and highways to be available and ready whenever, and wherever, we are.
Contractors today have more options than ever before in selecting form and shoring materials and systems., but the key to proper selection is understanding the driving forces behind increased use of engineered forming and shoring systems: economy, contract language and federal regulations, and...
The American Concrete Pavement Association and cosponsor Concrete Construction magazine are pleased to honor the 2006 winners of the 17th Annual National Excellence in Concrete Pavements Awards.
Here's a little-known fact about Chicago: The Midwest city has more miles of alleys—1900 in all—than any other city in the world. That's the equivalent surface area of five midsized airports.That's also 3500 acres of impermeable surface in a city that's committed to going green.
Concrete's strength, durability and resource efficiency make it ideal for sustainable buildings, but the predominant raw material for the cement in concrete—limestone—makes concrete plain and gray, not a desirable look for most buildings. Now contractors